Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was today elected President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Tah was elected by the Bank’s Board of Governors, comprising Finance and Economy Ministers or Central Bank Governors of the Bank Group’s 81 regional and non-regional member countries. The…
New data by Africa News reveals a stark imbalance in EU-Africa mobility: Schengen Visa rejection rates for African applicants soar as high as 63%, dwarfing the global average of 18%. Countries like The Gambia, Nigeria, and Comoros face punitive measures and exorbitant costs, with African travellers collectively losing €60 million ($67.5 million) in 2024 alone…
The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) has announced the fourth cohort of its Amujae Leaders, naming Rohey Malick Lowe, lord Mayor of Banjul City Council (BCC) among 13 extraordinary women in Africa. The Amujae Initiative, founded in 2020 by Nobel Laureate and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is…
If we lose peace, we lose everything. Look around us at our brothers and sisters in nations once full of promise, now broken by the scourge of war, political strife, and lawlessness. Look at the shattered streets of Liberia, the blood-soaked soils of Sierra Leone, Congo, Sudan and Somalia, the instability creeping into Mali, Burkina…
The Gambia has taken the lead in addressing inconsistent product regulations across Africa by hosting a significant workshop aimed at promoting continent-wide standards under Africa’s $3.4 trillion free trade agreement. Varying and conflicting product regulations across Africa have long hindered trade, affecting everything from cashews to cars, which is what policymakers, industry leaders, and regulators…
African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent’s green wealth, emphasizing that current gross domestic product measures in most African countries are outdated and underestimate their true wealth. They spoke on Thursday at an event hosted by the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank Group at the African Union…
The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) (www.UAR-AUB.org) will hold its 16th General Assembly from June 18 to 20, 2025 in Abidjan, capital of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, under the theme: Empowering the media: what strategies for financial and technological resilience and innovative content? This high-level meeting will bring together Directors General representing the media,…
More than 200 educators including teachers and school administrators across The Gambia have been successfully trained on artificial intelligence by Africa Missions Global (AMG) The Gambia. The august occasion, which took place on Saturday at the OIC Conference Centre in Senegambia, was aimed at empowering educators with AI-driven teaching skills. Africa Missions Global is a…
In a significant development for The Gambia’s healthcare sector, Hon. Modou Lamin B. Bah, National Assembly Member for Banjul North Constituency, has been elected as the Gambia’s first West Africa Bloc Representative (English-speaking Countries) at the Network for African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH) Executive Committee. The election took place during the 16th annual general…
Hon. Alhagie Mbow, a Member of the National Assembly from Upper Saloum and the head of the Gambian delegation to the Pan-African Parliament, has been chosen as the Chair of the Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). This new leadership team will oversee important discussions and initiatives related to internet governance across…
